PDI Cloud Modernization Magic Wand

PDI Magic Wand — EDC to CDGC

Migrate your on‑prem Enterprise Data Catalog (EDC) to Informatica Cloud Data Governance & Catalog (CDGC) in just one week—with automation that does the heavy lifting for you.

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Market Challenges with Legacy On‑Prem EDC

As data ecosystems grow and cloud adoption accelerates, legacy on-prem EDC environments are becoming increasingly difficult to maintain and scale. These systems often struggle to support modern data governance needs, resulting in higher costs, slower innovation, and fragmented visibility across data assets. Below are the key challenges organizations face with on-prem EDC deployments:
 
  • Escalating Infrastructure Costs– Maintaining servers, performing upgrades, and renewing licenses puts a heavy strain on budgets.

  • Limited Elasticity– On-prem hardware can't keep up with rapidly growing data volumes and frequent scan requirements.

  • Fragmented Governance– Catalog, quality, and glossary assets remain isolated from modern cloud analytics workflows.

  • Slow Feature Uptake– CDGC introduces AI-driven features like curation, policy enforcement, and data marketplace far ahead of EDC.

  • Manual Migrations– Traditional lift-and-shift approaches consume significant SME time and often compromise lineage accuracy.

To stay competitive and future-ready, organizations must move beyond the limitations of on-prem EDC and embrace modern, cloud-native solutions that offer agility, scalability, and intelligent governance.

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PDI Solution: Magic Wand (EDC → CDGC)

Why choose Magic Wand::

Migrating from legacy on-prem EDC to the cloud-native CDGC platform can be complex—but with PDI Magic Wand, it doesn’t have to be. Designed for speed, accuracy, and ease of use, Magic Wand automates the entire migration process while ensuring data integrity and minimal business disruption. Here’s why organizations are choosing Magic Wand for their EDC to CDGC migration:

  • One‑Week Turnaround– Pre-built extract, transform, and load routines migrate millions of assets in days, not quarters.

  • Asset‑by‑Asset Fidelity– Ensures complete transfer of custom metadata, classifications, data domains, lineage graphs, and user annotations with no loss.

  • Zero‑Code Execution– Wizard-driven interface with out-of-the-box connectors eliminates the need for scripting or deep catalog expertise.

  • Integrity Assurance– Built-in validation checks object counts, lineage depth, and glossary linkages, delivering audit-ready reports.

  • Seamless Co‑Existence– Supports staged cut-over and bi-directional sync to avoid downtime and ensure a smooth transition for business users.

With PDI Magic Wand, organizations can accelerate their cloud journey with confidence—achieving faster time-to-value, preserving data integrity, and minimizing risk, all while modernizing their data governance ecosystem.

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Benefits of Magic Wand (EDC → CDGC)

PDI Magic Wand offers transformative benefits that enable organizations to quickly and efficiently adopt cloud-native data governance, while ensuring lower costs, enhanced trust, and faster analytics. By migrating to CDGC, businesses can unlock powerful AI-driven features, improve data flow visibility, and set themselves up for future success. Below are the key benefits and their impacts:

  • Cloud‑Native Governance in Days – Unlock CDGC’s AI-powered curation, policy automation, and data marketplace capabilities almost immediately.

  • Lower TCO– Retire costly on-prem hardware and redirect license savings toward high-impact innovation initiatives.

  • Enhanced Trust & Lineage– Preserve complete end-to-end data flow visibility to maintain user confidence throughout the transition.

  • Accelerated Analytics– Leverage cloud elasticity for more frequent scans and richer metadata, fueling downstream BI and AI efforts.

  • Future‑Proof Platform– Seamlessly align with other PDI accelerators to modernize your entire Informatica cloud stack.
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